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a major turn in the investigation of those ricin laced letters sent to president obama and other officials. the mississippi elvis impersonator arrested now free. and on the air with us live right now. his first on-camera interview, paul curtis says he never even heard of ricin. he thought it was rice they were talking about. he says i don't even eat rice. he's joined by his attorney. thank you to both of you for being here. can you both hear me well? >> yes, sir. >> yes, chris. >> you're good? all right. so let's begin with a big question here. great. as far as we know right now, is there any connection between you and what was done with these ricin letters? any at all? >> none whatsoever, sir. your understanding, are investigators completely free of your client as someone implicated in this situation they have not given clear word. what is your understanding? >> we are, in fact, i suspect with someone this morning involved in the investigation with the prosecutors and actually had made arrangements, i haven't even had a chance to speak with kevin about it yet that we are actually ready to
a major turn in the investigation of those ricin laced letters sent to president obama and other officials. the mississippi elvis impersonator arrested now free. and on the air with us live right now. his first on-camera interview, paul curtis says he never even heard of ricin. he thought it was rice they were talking about. he says i don't even eat rice. he's joined by his attorney. thank you to both of you for being here. can you both hear me well? >> yes, sir. >> yes, chris....
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the obama administration extended the reach of that so it essentially can last longer to attend to the type of public safety threats that could occur in terrorism cases. they presumably will argue like this one. this man is not being treated as an enemy combatant. he will be on track for a federal trial as best we can tell. right now he's on track to be questioned by an interrogation group and at some point he will be read his rights. he's an american citizen and he will face american justice. joining us now is kendall cou coffee, it's good to have you with us tonight. thanks for joining us so late at night. >> caller: thanks for including me, rachel. >> it became big news that dzhokhar tsarnaev was not read his miranda rights and might not be at the initial portion of his interrogation because of the public safety exemption. is that an unusual decision? would you have expected that? >> it's a matter of degree. this comes against a backdrop as you were talking about, rachel, of civilian trials versus enemy combatant, military tribunal status. in the obama administration, they were tryi
the obama administration extended the reach of that so it essentially can last longer to attend to the type of public safety threats that could occur in terrorism cases. they presumably will argue like this one. this man is not being treated as an enemy combatant. he will be on track for a federal trial as best we can tell. right now he's on track to be questioned by an interrogation group and at some point he will be read his rights. he's an american citizen and he will face american justice....
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here is president obama at 2:50 p.m. today. people across the state of massachusetts including at the police station in watertown where the second suspect was finally caught on friday night observed that moment of silence. a s.w.a.t. team officer that made the arrest, actually made that arrest, described the suspect's condition when they found him in the boat. >> when we were moving up to the boat, he was actually laying down on the side of the boat, one leg out, one hand out. >> did he say anything to you? >> i don't think he had energy to say anything. once we got him on the ground, he was complying, going in and out of consciousness. >> the final pursuit of the suspect began thursday night when police received reports of the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier. i reached the victim of the carjacking this weekend, and he understandably and politely declined to answer questions about his experience, but he did tell me police did a great job. they are very serious, they are helpful. they saved my life. the federal comp
here is president obama at 2:50 p.m. today. people across the state of massachusetts including at the police station in watertown where the second suspect was finally caught on friday night observed that moment of silence. a s.w.a.t. team officer that made the arrest, actually made that arrest, described the suspect's condition when they found him in the boat. >> when we were moving up to the boat, he was actually laying down on the side of the boat, one leg out, one hand out. >>...
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i've heard people say, hey, listen, the obama administration -- it didn't start with the obama administration, other administrations are too afraid to profile people especially people who go back and for the between countries, people who may be muslim. do you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that particular criticism. in particular because we're going to rely on immigrant communities, americans who are of the muslim faith and others to help provide information about people who are dangerous. they are our eyes and ears an we need their support. if we engage in aggressive policies that alienate that possibility -- >> lou, i'll give you the final word. >> i think one people that people have to start to consider, is if in fact we have enough resources in all of our law enforcement agencies to meet the call at times. the thing that i find curious is that in if fact the fbi interviewed them and did find something irregular in their travels or their backgrounds or their associations, if anyone is suggesting that we start to set up surveillance teams on individuals -- because i listened to
i've heard people say, hey, listen, the obama administration -- it didn't start with the obama administration, other administrations are too afraid to profile people especially people who go back and for the between countries, people who may be muslim. do you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that particular criticism. in particular because we're going to rely on immigrant communities, americans who are of the muslim faith and others to help provide information about people who...
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. >> one of the tensest weeks of the obama presidency, you had the bombing in massachusetts, at the boston marathon, and then not long after we were trying to grasp that, you had the ricin letters, one addressed to the president of the united states and another one addressed to senator roger wicker on capitol hill. ricin poisonous, that was entirely unconnected. of course, the explosion at the fertilizer plant outside of waco, texas, an extraordinary week. as it's unfolding you don't know if the events are connected or not. a very tense week. by the way, a thoroughly packed week politically. the president's big initiative on gun violence went down on capitol hill. >> let's get to pierre thomas, right now, our chief justice correspondent, we're learning a lot more about the suspects right now, pierre, and one of the points you have been making this morning is the way they handled themselves in the firefight suggests some kind of par military training. >> george, let's re-create what we think happened, firefight, they were throwing grenades or explosives out the car. the suspect who was kill
. >> one of the tensest weeks of the obama presidency, you had the bombing in massachusetts, at the boston marathon, and then not long after we were trying to grasp that, you had the ricin letters, one addressed to the president of the united states and another one addressed to senator roger wicker on capitol hill. ricin poisonous, that was entirely unconnected. of course, the explosion at the fertilizer plant outside of waco, texas, an extraordinary week. as it's unfolding you don't know...
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and that was the united states, president putin, president obama decided to step back and reset, again, the u.s./russian relationship. it had been in a spiral over the adoptions, over human rights, over each country barring visitors, and that was a relationship in trouble. on the day of the marathon, they agreed to, no, we're going to meet and we're going to upgrade relations. i think we're lucky on the timing of this. i expect, as part of a broader warming with u.s./russian relations, that we will get more cooperation, certainly more cooperation than we would have gotten a month ago. >> all right. lou, i want to go back to you and talk about the acting alone part. in the new york area, you know, after 9/11, had lots of experience with this. just looking -- i know you're not investigating this particular case, but judging from the outside, in, do you think these brothers acted alone in do you think there could have been another co-conspirator, so to speak? >> you know, to me, don, circumstances including the travel dictate the likelihood that they received some support, probably in the
and that was the united states, president putin, president obama decided to step back and reset, again, the u.s./russian relationship. it had been in a spiral over the adoptions, over human rights, over each country barring visitors, and that was a relationship in trouble. on the day of the marathon, they agreed to, no, we're going to meet and we're going to upgrade relations. i think we're lucky on the timing of this. i expect, as part of a broader warming with u.s./russian relations, that we...
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. >> one of the things that this administration did early on, and the obama administrations continued a lot of the national security policies in the bush administration, to be clear. but they did establish this high value interrogation target group where we've got high value interrogation subjects, and they have a team that they keep very secret and under wraps that they sort of fly in to do, conduct the most important interrogations. and we have been told that they will be leading the interrogation of the boston suspect. how will that team approach interrogating this young man? >> i think they will do it like any fbi agent or any law enforcement individual will do it. these individuals are trained to collect intelligence from detainees. but also on the same time now we have a suspect who already was read his miranda rights. he already have a lawyer present. and i don't think that should affect any trained interrogator, any trained interviewer in doing their job. we have been doing this for many, many years. we did it against terrorist suspects, organized crimes, people who are charge
. >> one of the things that this administration did early on, and the obama administrations continued a lot of the national security policies in the bush administration, to be clear. but they did establish this high value interrogation target group where we've got high value interrogation subjects, and they have a team that they keep very secret and under wraps that they sort of fly in to do, conduct the most important interrogations. and we have been told that they will be leading the...
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. >> president barack obama marked the moment with a moment of reflection in the oval office. here our alicia sylvester explores the moment of science and the unity seen in the city of boston. >> reporter: sometimes grief has no words. 2:50 p.m., exactly one week on the massachusetts state house steps. to the new york stock exchange, to the senate floor in washington. on ordinary streets, to the marathon route where instead of cheers and smiles of a runner crossing the finish line, there is silence. to the flowers and flags, the signs of "boston strong," to the spot where last week two bombs took three lives. to a place where the quiet says more than words can ever say. for one long minute, the country is silent and remembers and begins to heal. and when the moment is over, there is this. ♪ god bless america [ applause ] >> lisa sylvester, cnn. >>> the city of boston united there and the people of boston also took another step toward healing on monday. [ bagpipes ]. >> this was the ceremony at the site of the deadly bombings on boylston street. federal authorities turning th
. >> president barack obama marked the moment with a moment of reflection in the oval office. here our alicia sylvester explores the moment of science and the unity seen in the city of boston. >> reporter: sometimes grief has no words. 2:50 p.m., exactly one week on the massachusetts state house steps. to the new york stock exchange, to the senate floor in washington. on ordinary streets, to the marathon route where instead of cheers and smiles of a runner crossing the finish line,...
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that is why president obama continues to be briefed. this is a response and a story that has been fast unfolding for days now, but it is also a story that is very personal for president obama, very personal for the residents of boston. 24 hours ago that president obama was speaking at that interface church service in boston. he said, "we have momentarily been knocked off our feet, but we will pick ourselves up. thatwas a heinous act, they picked the wrong city to do it." those are the words of president obama, who himself was a student in boston at one time and who holds the city dear to his heart. he is watching this unfolding, but like most americans, he is directing his response in many capacities and has made a promise to the american people that the full weight of justice will be brought down on the individuals responsible for this. we have had this focus for many hours on these two suspects, but again, it is key that the second individual is found so that there can be some clear answers as to whether they are working in a group or
that is why president obama continues to be briefed. this is a response and a story that has been fast unfolding for days now, but it is also a story that is very personal for president obama, very personal for the residents of boston. 24 hours ago that president obama was speaking at that interface church service in boston. he said, "we have momentarily been knocked off our feet, but we will pick ourselves up. thatwas a heinous act, they picked the wrong city to do it." those are the...
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as far as the policy of the united states, you got to take it up with obama. >> if you start to torture an american citizen for committing a domestic crime in america, you are crossing the rubicon. >> can i ask you a question? what would you do if you were given the opportunity? if osama bin laden, if you had 30 minutes in the room, would you play cards with osama bin laden? >> let me put this to you. >> no. you answer this. if you met this scumbag -- >> i'm doing the interview. >> if you met these scumbag before he killed these people and turned people into amputees, what would you do, play cards? maybe i should say it in a british accent. this man killed innocent men, women and children. >> can you stop being such a jerk? >> what would you do? you get paid for it. i would give you a taste of your own medicine. >> you tweeted this to the world. i'm curious what you think. your behavior so far has been really offensive. >> because you don't like it when you don't have another bobblehead you can beat up and treat like a coward? the reality is these men killed innocent men, women and chil
as far as the policy of the united states, you got to take it up with obama. >> if you start to torture an american citizen for committing a domestic crime in america, you are crossing the rubicon. >> can i ask you a question? what would you do if you were given the opportunity? if osama bin laden, if you had 30 minutes in the room, would you play cards with osama bin laden? >> let me put this to you. >> no. you answer this. if you met this scumbag -- >> i'm doing...
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for example, for the first time ever, the winner will be announced by michelle obama. [ laughter ] god, she's everywhere. i think -- i think she's doing too much. [ light laughter ] interesting -- the conclave -- this is the one election where no one ever talks about the jewish vote. have you noticed that? [ laughter ] and, of course, rumors are flying at the vatican. the latest one, according to the italian press, is that pope benedict did not retire. they say he was forced out by nbc. [ laughter ] so, i don't know. [ rim shot ] [ applause ] ♪ actually -- did you see the cardinals at the conclave this morning? god -- they're taking the oath in the sistine chapel. and the strangest thing -- well, show what happened. take a look. [ taking oath ] ♪ [ harlem shake plays ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ]
for example, for the first time ever, the winner will be announced by michelle obama. [ laughter ] god, she's everywhere. i think -- i think she's doing too much. [ light laughter ] interesting -- the conclave -- this is the one election where no one ever talks about the jewish vote. have you noticed that? [ laughter ] and, of course, rumors are flying at the vatican. the latest one, according to the italian press, is that pope benedict did not retire. they say he was forced out by nbc. [...
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first lady michelle obama went to see aaron hern in the hospital. she brought him some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the martinez sixth grader is recovering from a shrapnel wound to the leg. >>> when i'm lonely at night, i pop in my double-digit, sharks gone -- i pop in my dvd, sharks gone wild. >>> and kpix is the official television station for ,,,,,,,,, playoffs.. antii niemi racked up 27 sas against >>> with a 16-1-5 record, the sharks are circling for home ice advantage in the play-offs. antti niemi racked up several saves tonight. logan couture had a record night in san jose's biggest offensive night of the year. minnesota was hanging around. perfect time for raffi torres to score his first goal with the sharks. they went 6-1. they remain in fifth place in the western conference. >>> the sound of the bat tells the story against the giants. and there was a lot of loud contact against that man, big daddy cain. ryan braun gone. and cain knew it was gone when cain allowed seven runs in six innings. the giants are swept out of milwau
first lady michelle obama went to see aaron hern in the hospital. she brought him some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the martinez sixth grader is recovering from a shrapnel wound to the leg. >>> when i'm lonely at night, i pop in my double-digit, sharks gone -- i pop in my dvd, sharks gone wild. >>> and kpix is the official television station for ,,,,,,,,, playoffs.. antii niemi racked up 27 sas against >>> with a 16-1-5 record, the sharks are circling...
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that news comes as aaron hern, received a special visit at the hospital from first lady, michelle obama. here is the proof. the hern family released this. she brought replicas of bo. the family says he has had all tubes removed and is able to sit up and talk. he was at the finish line waiting for his mother, who was running the marathon, when the bombs went off. >>> we're going to have a lot more coming up this morning. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of boston this morning. they are really beefing up security there. more ahead. >>> breaking news. the city on edge after a search for the men responsible for the boston bombings. one has been shot and the other is on the run. >>> i'm laura garcia cannon. this is a story that's been changing all night long. at 10:30 last night, a 7-eleven in cambridge was robbed, an officer shot and killed on the m.i.t. campus. a carjacking of a mercedes suv was reported as well in cambridge. police spotted that suv in watertown leading to a chase and a shootout. during the shootout, the man believed to be suspect number one with the black
that news comes as aaron hern, received a special visit at the hospital from first lady, michelle obama. here is the proof. the hern family released this. she brought replicas of bo. the family says he has had all tubes removed and is able to sit up and talk. he was at the finish line waiting for his mother, who was running the marathon, when the bombs went off. >>> we're going to have a lot more coming up this morning. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of boston this...
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the obama administration saying tsarnaev will not be treated as an enemy combatant. what does senator lindsay graham think about that? nice to see you, sir. i understand, you wrote the statute. >> i have two goals, one, to bring him to justice, through federal court. he was never eligible for military tribunals because he's a military citizen. i wrote that law. what i want to do is find out what he may know about terrorist connections and future plots. now we are down to this, if you don't hold him as an enemy combatant, where you can question him without a lawyer, our intelligence is limited to what his lawyer will allow him to answer. >> you can be a foreign -- an enemy -- war with the united states. and an enemy combatant, where you are connected to a foreign group, trying to do harm to the united states. you can be taken into custody by the military, 30 days and questioned. after 30 days, you are sent to the civilian system? >> in his case, he was never eligible for trial by the military. that's different. i am talking about gathering intelligence. there are two
the obama administration saying tsarnaev will not be treated as an enemy combatant. what does senator lindsay graham think about that? nice to see you, sir. i understand, you wrote the statute. >> i have two goals, one, to bring him to justice, through federal court. he was never eligible for military tribunals because he's a military citizen. i wrote that law. what i want to do is find out what he may know about terrorist connections and future plots. now we are down to this, if you...
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president obama has said any such action would be a "game changer." but a white house spokesman said today the u.s. still wants to see conclusive evidence. france has become the latest country to legalize same-sex marriage. the legislation easily passed today, after a disruption on the floor of the national assembly. the assembly president had a protester ejected, and the vote went ahead. this came after weeks of demonstrations against the proposal and an increase in hate crimes against gays. france has had civil unions since 1999. the wealth gap in america has widened even more. a pew research center report finds the wealthiest 7% of americans grew even richer during the first two years of the economic recovery. at the same time, the average net worth for the remaining 93% was down. part of the explanation is that the wealthy hold more stocks that increased in value. the findings were based on u.s. census data. wall street briefly plunged today after a fake "tweet" said there had been explosions at the white house, and the president had been wounded.
president obama has said any such action would be a "game changer." but a white house spokesman said today the u.s. still wants to see conclusive evidence. france has become the latest country to legalize same-sex marriage. the legislation easily passed today, after a disruption on the floor of the national assembly. the assembly president had a protester ejected, and the vote went ahead. this came after weeks of demonstrations against the proposal and an increase in hate crimes...
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. >> reporter: day four, president obama comes to boston and speaks of an interfaith service telling boston the country stands with it. >> the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even loird for t-- louder for t 111 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> reporter: later in that day, a break in the as i. the fbi released surveillance photo of this tease men walking with backpack. at 10, 48 p.m. gunshots are heard on the campus of m.i.t. in cambridge, massachusetts. reports come in that campus officer sean collier was killed. shortly after the two men carjack a black mercedes and a chase ensues culminating with a shootout in watertown where sun suspect revealed to be tamerlan tsarnaev was killed. day five, witnesses describe the mayhem. >> we saw the explosion. we must have heard about 60 gunshots. >> reporter: 2:40 a.m., a robocall sent to watertown residents. >> there was an active incident in watertown right now. chief defoe is advising all watertown resident to remain in their homes. >> reporter: 4:22 a.m., a suspect on the run. >> we bel
. >> reporter: day four, president obama comes to boston and speaks of an interfaith service telling boston the country stands with it. >> the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even loird for t-- louder for t 111 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> reporter: later in that day, a break in the as i. the fbi released surveillance photo of this tease men walking with backpack. at 10, 48 p.m. gunshots are heard on the campus of...
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president obama put the blame squarely at the feet of senate republicans. >> obama: families that know unspeakable grief summoned the courage to petition their elected leaders, not just to honor the memory of their children, but to protect the lives of all of our children. a few minutes ago, a minority in the united states senate decided it wasn't worth it. >> michael: the amendment's odds looked so dim that joe manchin took to the senate floor this morning to make background a national security issue, by tying it to the fbi's most-wanted terrorist. >> our gun laws are so outdated and so out of whack that even this person who wants to do damage and harm to every american, even this american has figured out how to exploit them to arm themselves and people like him in our country. >> michael: connecticut senator chris murphy saw the result coming from a mile away. last night he tweeted . . . murphy of course represents newtown. in the 241 days since the slaughter of 20 school children and six educators, at least 3,482 americans have died in gun violence. that's about 134 new townes since
president obama put the blame squarely at the feet of senate republicans. >> obama: families that know unspeakable grief summoned the courage to petition their elected leaders, not just to honor the memory of their children, but to protect the lives of all of our children. a few minutes ago, a minority in the united states senate decided it wasn't worth it. >> michael: the amendment's odds looked so dim that joe manchin took to the senate floor this morning to make background a...
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obama is not the first to use tragedy in describing events like this. a bus accident is a tragedy and attack is an act of war. when fdr addressed the congress after pearl harbor, he didn't say december 7th, a day that will live in tragedy, it is a day that will live in infamy. it has to do with agency and cause. an accident is a tragedy and it has a cause and has to do with fate, accident, luck. when the agency is human evil that is beyond a tragedy. it's a crime. that is what we're dealing with. i agree it's a little early. it was obvious an attack. to call it terrorism you had to be sure that the motive was a political one. remember what happened in the tucson shooting where a member of congress was shot by loughner. they assumed it was a terror attack and inspired by a right wing to attack a congresswoman. >> that was false. >> so you have to establish it was a political one. probably is but we're not sure yet. >> bill: i'm glad you and i agree on those two aspects regarding president obama. here is where we disagree. i believe u.s. intelligence has
obama is not the first to use tragedy in describing events like this. a bus accident is a tragedy and attack is an act of war. when fdr addressed the congress after pearl harbor, he didn't say december 7th, a day that will live in tragedy, it is a day that will live in infamy. it has to do with agency and cause. an accident is a tragedy and it has a cause and has to do with fate, accident, luck. when the agency is human evil that is beyond a tragedy. it's a crime. that is what we're dealing...
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president obama said this -- >> obviously, tonight there are many unanswered questions. among them, why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? how did they plan and carry out these attacks? did they receive any help? >> to discuss the threat of harm, terrorists in the that is states, i'm joined by an international security analyst and former u.s. intelligence officer. he joins us from london. recording ofou a mother has been saying to the media. me that he told would be on the side of jihad. what ever they are talking about, he is a loser. my son would never do this. >> the mother said there that tamrqaln would never be on the side of jihad and would never do this. she says it is a set up. what you make of that? >> it is a mother defended her child. clearly, he was involved and clearly, he was not the man that his mother thought he was. we see this sort of response from parents time and time again when their children embrace terrorism. we seek -- we have seen it in the u.k. several times where family
president obama said this -- >> obviously, tonight there are many unanswered questions. among them, why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? how did they plan and carry out these attacks? did they receive any help? >> to discuss the threat of harm, terrorists in the that is states, i'm joined by an international security analyst and former u.s. intelligence officer. he joins us from london. recording ofou a...
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the obama administration say the tsarnaev will not be treated as an enemy combatant. what does senator lindsay graham think about that? he joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you? and i understand you wrote the statute. >> right. i have two goals. one is to bring him to justice and that's through federal court. he was never eligible for the tribunal because he's an american citizen, i wrote that law. i want to know what he knows about foreign connects and future plots. now we are down to this. if you don't hold him as en a enemy combatant when you can get him without a lawyer our ability to gather intelligence is limited by what his lawyer will allow him to answer. >> there's two-way you can be an enemy combatant. one is a foreigner of an enemy at war with the runs. and another category where you are connected to a foreign group trying to do harm to the united states. you can be taken into the custody by the military for 30 days and questioned and after 30 days you get sent out to the civilian system? >> for in his case he was never eligible for trial by the mili
the obama administration say the tsarnaev will not be treated as an enemy combatant. what does senator lindsay graham think about that? he joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you? and i understand you wrote the statute. >> right. i have two goals. one is to bring him to justice and that's through federal court. he was never eligible for the tribunal because he's an american citizen, i wrote that law. i want to know what he knows about foreign connects and future plots. now we...
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so i defer to president obama. i defer to his justice department if in their judgment this is the proper place in order to conduct that trial. >> thank you, sir. mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> john, i think that we do have sufficient laws in our iminal system to prosecute terrorist number two, if you will. i think that the effort to classify him as an enemy combatant may actually complicate the issue. i've actually been to guantanamo. i've been to gitmo. i've been involved in that whole process in trying to find a way to actually prosecute those individuals as well. i think in this case we are not lacking evidence in terms of the prosecution of this individual, and i think fully we have very competent prosecutors at the federal level that will be able to handle this case and come to whatever punishment that we feel is appropriate. >> rebuttal if you'd like it or we can move on. >> move on. >> all right. thank you. next question from cynthia. >> last year the house voted to extend the foreign intelligence surveillance am
so i defer to president obama. i defer to his justice department if in their judgment this is the proper place in order to conduct that trial. >> thank you, sir. mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> john, i think that we do have sufficient laws in our iminal system to prosecute terrorist number two, if you will. i think that the effort to classify him as an enemy combatant may actually complicate the issue. i've actually been to guantanamo. i've been to gitmo. i've been involved in that whole...
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the obama administration has extended the reach of that public safety exemption so it can last longer to attend to the public safety threats that could accrue in terrorism cases. presumely like this one. this man is not being treated as an enemy come combatant. he's on track to be questioned by a detainee group. he's an american citizen and will face american justice. joining us now is kendall coffee. it's good to have you with us tonight. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for including me. >> it became big news that dzhokhar tsarnaev was not read his miranda rights and might not be at the initial portion of his interrogation because of the public safety exemption. yould you have expected that? >> it's matter of degree. this comes against the backdrop of civilian trial versus enemy combatant. the obama administration trying to demonstrate civilian tools are adequate and tough enough to make everybody safe. in that process the public safety exception seems to be evolving for terrorism purposes. for example, just to sort of track we remember that the so-called christmas day bomber who wa
the obama administration has extended the reach of that public safety exemption so it can last longer to attend to the public safety threats that could accrue in terrorism cases. presumely like this one. this man is not being treated as an enemy come combatant. he's on track to be questioned by a detainee group. he's an american citizen and will face american justice. joining us now is kendall coffee. it's good to have you with us tonight. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for including...
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president obama speaking to members of the media shortly after this younger suspect. he said the rajty is finally closed. but why? point out the why, why these brothers allegedly carried out his bombing here just about a block from where i'm sitting. and why anyone educational might have been involved. >> one thing we do know to whatever drove these men to such effects will not -- cannot prevail. whatever they thought they could ultimately achieve, they've already failed. they failed because the people from boston refused to be terrorized. they failed because we will not waiver from the character, compassion and the values that define us as a country. nor will we break the bonds that hold us together as americans. >> that was the president speaking there at the white house a couple of hours ago. we should also tell you the president thanks the people of boston for their help, for their cooperation as police hunted down these suspects. really, over the last, what? five days now? >> yeah. really a dreadful five days, to say the least. there's no surprise that they were
president obama speaking to members of the media shortly after this younger suspect. he said the rajty is finally closed. but why? point out the why, why these brothers allegedly carried out his bombing here just about a block from where i'm sitting. and why anyone educational might have been involved. >> one thing we do know to whatever drove these men to such effects will not -- cannot prevail. whatever they thought they could ultimately achieve, they've already failed. they failed...
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in the weeks after 9/11 president obama asked me for what could happen next and we predicted that there would be a lot of attacks like this. it's been a decade and it hasn't happened. now, the fbi has stopped a lot of things before it happened, and initiating people in the united states, but i would have expected a lot more to have happened just like this, and i don't know why it hasn't. >> thanks very much. let's go back to brian in watertown who has been told about a possible controlled explosion that may be imminent. >> they're in the course of doing that. it is 2:00 in the afternoon in the east coast and only several hours of daylight left and the more they can do in daylight the happy they are with about it. they're go about to do that to make sure there are no booby traps in there and agens and police officers will go in following these controlled detonations which will essentially put an end to the risk that something would blow sky high, it will blow as best as they cacon ntrol it. >> that's the home in cambridge, massachusetts. we just leard w moments ago that the police arr at
in the weeks after 9/11 president obama asked me for what could happen next and we predicted that there would be a lot of attacks like this. it's been a decade and it hasn't happened. now, the fbi has stopped a lot of things before it happened, and initiating people in the united states, but i would have expected a lot more to have happened just like this, and i don't know why it hasn't. >> thanks very much. let's go back to brian in watertown who has been told about a possible controlled...
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obama, president met with his national security team. his biggest concern there is a bigger involvement from a foreign country and then he has much bigger problems. >> reporter: what does your gut tell you about that? what do you think? >> i don't think there is any involvement from outside sources. i think they became radicalized themselves. i don't think there was any direction from a foreign government. >> reporter: what makes you say that tha? what stands out, drawing upon your expertise and many years of investigating situations like this? what makes you think that? >> everything that was used to make that bomb could have been learned on the internet. even the sophistication you could have worked it it on yourself. that is my thought at this particular time. evidence may come forward that is in conflict with that. right now i think these guys have become radicalized and that was the biggest fear since 9/11, you have someone operating under the radar screen that is not going to come under the normal scrutiny. they are being self-radi
obama, president met with his national security team. his biggest concern there is a bigger involvement from a foreign country and then he has much bigger problems. >> reporter: what does your gut tell you about that? what do you think? >> i don't think there is any involvement from outside sources. i think they became radicalized themselves. i don't think there was any direction from a foreign government. >> reporter: what makes you say that tha? what stands out, drawing upon...
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here in washington, president obama observed the moment of silence as well behind closed doors away from the cameras, wolf. >> it was a powerful moment for all of us here in boston, lisa. i'm sure around the country as well. thank you. for the first time since the boston bombings, the city has control now over boylston street. they're not far way from where i am right now. the site of the attack. the fbi made the handover less than two hours ago and there was a ceremony to mark the moment. watch this. [ bagpipes play ]
here in washington, president obama observed the moment of silence as well behind closed doors away from the cameras, wolf. >> it was a powerful moment for all of us here in boston, lisa. i'm sure around the country as well. thank you. for the first time since the boston bombings, the city has control now over boylston street. they're not far way from where i am right now. the site of the attack. the fbi made the handover less than two hours ago and there was a ceremony to mark the...
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president obama expressed his thanks from the white house. >> we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all our outstanding law enforcement professionals. >> reporter: the fbi marked his page, captured, and people gathered for a candle light vigil near the finish line of the marathon. in addition to a motive. investigators will be looking to answer if these two brothers were working alone or part of a larger terror group. we can tell you that three additional suspects have been taken into custody. it happened in new bedford, which is an hour away from watertown where this all played out. back to you. >> now the man hunt ended about 27 hours after the fbi released the suspect's photos. here's a closer look at the night of chaos that led up to the capture. >> the chaos began late last night, police called to a shooting on the m.i.t. campus. university police officer, sean collier was ambushed and killed. at 11:30 boston time, the brothers carjacked a man a few blocks away in cambridge. they told the driver they were the marathon bombers. a half hour later, they released the man unharmed w
president obama expressed his thanks from the white house. >> we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all our outstanding law enforcement professionals. >> reporter: the fbi marked his page, captured, and people gathered for a candle light vigil near the finish line of the marathon. in addition to a motive. investigators will be looking to answer if these two brothers were working alone or part of a larger terror group. we can tell you that three additional suspects have been taken...
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president obama said despite a 90% approval rating among the public. and strong support from the families who lost loved ones in the newtown massacre. president obama called yesterday a pretty shameful day in washington. but what do you think? should background checks be ramped up for gun buyers? you can weigh in on the "nightline" facebook page or
president obama said despite a 90% approval rating among the public. and strong support from the families who lost loved ones in the newtown massacre. president obama called yesterday a pretty shameful day in washington. but what do you think? should background checks be ramped up for gun buyers? you can weigh in on the "nightline" facebook page or
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>> well, the obama administration has established a policy of a so-called public safety exception to the miranda rule where for some period of time, it's not entirely clear how long, a suspect can be questioned without miranda warnings and that apparently is what's happening here. again, it's complicated somewhat by the fact that we didn't know exactly what tsarnaev's medical condition is and how many questions he can answer. apparently he's answering some questions in writing. so i don't really see lindsey graham's proposal as all that differentwhat's going on now. he seems to suggest a longer process of questioning him, but the obama administration has also committed to some period of questioning. now, this all assumes that he's willing to answer questions. can he always samp simply say it answering questions and there is no way either under enemy combatant rules or in the criminal justice system to force someone to answer questions who doesn't want to answer them. >> the argument i guess is under this limited questioning period before he is formally advised of his miranda rights,
>> well, the obama administration has established a policy of a so-called public safety exception to the miranda rule where for some period of time, it's not entirely clear how long, a suspect can be questioned without miranda warnings and that apparently is what's happening here. again, it's complicated somewhat by the fact that we didn't know exactly what tsarnaev's medical condition is and how many questions he can answer. apparently he's answering some questions in writing. so i don't...
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wrapping up, george, what has been one of the tensest weeks of the entire obama presidency, just think about it, you had the bombing in boston on monday, followed by those ricin letters, one addressed to the president, another addressed up to a senator on capitol hill and, of course, you had the explosion in texas. now, obviously nothing connecting those other events with this but all contributing to a very tense week for the homeland security team. >> of course, this is the anniversary muof the waco bombings. i'm here with dan abrams, and let's talk a little more about the possibility that these men may have been from chechnya. that is an area known to be a hotbed of terrorism. >> and the question always is, how closely allied are the ch h chechen terrorists with al qaeda. they've been long fighting in russia. that's been their battle but the issue is that very often they have been bringing in from the arab peninsula and other places other fighters, have carous moussaoui was a recruiter for them. chechen fighters have long been fighting alongside u.s. forces in 2001 so no question the
wrapping up, george, what has been one of the tensest weeks of the entire obama presidency, just think about it, you had the bombing in boston on monday, followed by those ricin letters, one addressed to the president, another addressed up to a senator on capitol hill and, of course, you had the explosion in texas. now, obviously nothing connecting those other events with this but all contributing to a very tense week for the homeland security team. >> of course, this is the anniversary...
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and with the arrest of dzhokhar, president obama saying this is an important chapter of the boston marathon attack. the president says federal authorities will try to get to the bottom of monday's attack. find out the big question and find out why? other individuals that could have been involved, we want to know about that and we want to know about these two suspected bombers. >> one thing we do know is whatever hateful agenda drove these men to such heinous effects could not, would not prevail. they've already failed. they failed because the people of boston refused to be intimidated. they feel as americans, we refused sto be terrorized. they failed because we will not waiver from the character and the compassion and the values that define us as a country. nor will we break the bonds that hold us together as americans. >> reporter: that was the president just speaking, john, a couple of hours ago. we have heard through the week that the governor, here, of the state of massachusetts, and also the mayor, mayor menino who we've seen videos wheeling around in a wheelchair. he's usually at the
and with the arrest of dzhokhar, president obama saying this is an important chapter of the boston marathon attack. the president says federal authorities will try to get to the bottom of monday's attack. find out the big question and find out why? other individuals that could have been involved, we want to know about that and we want to know about these two suspected bombers. >> one thing we do know is whatever hateful agenda drove these men to such heinous effects could not, would not...
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the question is will we hear from carney and president obama. we don't have the answer to those questions at had point in time. and i can tell you that the white house is being very careful about responding to these developments because they are evolving and changing before our eyes. so before the president or anyone from his team comes out and makes any remarks about this, they want to be absolutely sure they understand the situation and what is happening. just a little thing, i can tell you that ever since monday pennsylvania avenue has been closed off to foot traffic. it's always closed off to vehicular traffic. that has been the case since september 11th. the secret service that is out of an abundance of caution, but the district of columbia on heightened alert. >> kristen welker on the north lawn of the white house. the vehicular traffic actually goes all the way back to the federal building bombing. it was under the clinton administration they decided to block off the road. before we go to a break, briefly don barelli is with me. let's tal
the question is will we hear from carney and president obama. we don't have the answer to those questions at had point in time. and i can tell you that the white house is being very careful about responding to these developments because they are evolving and changing before our eyes. so before the president or anyone from his team comes out and makes any remarks about this, they want to be absolutely sure they understand the situation and what is happening. just a little thing, i can tell you...
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. >> and president obama keeps saying we will finish the race. >>> thank you for starting your morning with us. >> we have so much more to come all morning here on "cnn saturday morning," and our next hour begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. i am john vermin. >> and i am christine romans. we would like to welcome our viewers. >> this is a special edition of "cnn saturday morning" live from boston. the dramatic end to this historic, unprecedented manhunt. >> it shut down boston and the surrounding suburbs, this siege, really. listen to what happened with the news that the suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev was in custody. >> and residents waving middle eastern flags, and it ordeal ended with this shoot-out last night. >> police are not saying right now whether dzhokhar was not in last night's gun shoot-out, but we know he was wounded in the thursday shoot-out with police that killed his brother. >> this shows the bloody teen on a boat where he likely had been hiding for hours. the boat's owner says he saw smeared blood and pulled back a tarp, a tarp that the hook on the tarp had been
. >> and president obama keeps saying we will finish the race. >>> thank you for starting your morning with us. >> we have so much more to come all morning here on "cnn saturday morning," and our next hour begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. i am john vermin. >> and i am christine romans. we would like to welcome our viewers. >> this is a special edition of "cnn saturday morning" live from boston. the dramatic end to this...
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she said not even obama? >> bill: wow. >> i said nope, not even obama. and then she said well maybe you should be the president. >> bill: this is for charity, right? >> all going to the catholic big brothers. >> bill: good for you. big brothers is a great organization. we know you are daring because you hang out with miller. we know you are daring. that paid off. adam carolla, everybody. factor tip of the day how we can all help some of those grieve -- >> factor tip of the day, helping injured people in boston. but first, there's been a dramatic rise in american patriotism. it's a good thing. we have great gifts for mothers and father's day. i love my country mugs for your mother. that's great one. and a variety of other things that celebrate america. check them all out and make mom and dad happy. now the e-mail. >> my opening line on friday's live program is hell has a new resident tonight. we define what the boston terrorists did precisely and accurately. you need to wise up, cj. from porterville, california. >> apparently the family received welfare p
she said not even obama? >> bill: wow. >> i said nope, not even obama. and then she said well maybe you should be the president. >> bill: this is for charity, right? >> all going to the catholic big brothers. >> bill: good for you. big brothers is a great organization. we know you are daring because you hang out with miller. we know you are daring. that paid off. adam carolla, everybody. factor tip of the day how we can all help some of those grieve -- >>...
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didn't like his more conservative votes and his dragging feet, they felt, in fact on the writing of obama care. >> let's start with the gun vote, andrea, that you mentioned. max baucus was asked why he voted against background checks. and gave a one-word answer, montana. which made everyone, including myself, believe that he was running for re-election. that this was about his politics in a state. trace it back to health care. i asked him, is there a less popular democratic senator in the white house than max baucus. there aren't a lot. if there are any, this is someone who has been a bur in the side of the white house, particularly on health care. the way in which the health care debate played out. baucus was someone who wanted to control the bill. the white house sort of of ceded it to him and then it looked like it wasn't going to be what they wanted it led to a vast story in 2009-2010, the battle over health care. max baucus was at the heart of that. i would say just very quickly, andrea, five of the six democratic committee chairman in the senate are retiring. if that doesn't tell yo
didn't like his more conservative votes and his dragging feet, they felt, in fact on the writing of obama care. >> let's start with the gun vote, andrea, that you mentioned. max baucus was asked why he voted against background checks. and gave a one-word answer, montana. which made everyone, including myself, believe that he was running for re-election. that this was about his politics in a state. trace it back to health care. i asked him, is there a less popular democratic senator in the...
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called it an act of terrorism. >> obama: this was a heinous and cowardly act. given what we now know took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorist. any time bombs are used to bomb civilians it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however is who carried out this attack or why. >> michael: the president will visit boston on thursday and today investigators combed through the remains crawling on sidewalks, scraping up fragments, and looking for any signs of who did this and why they did it. those tiny remnants helped the fbi solve other bombings like the 1993 attack on the world trade center. just a small fragment of the van that carried the explosives was found in the rubble, and that helped investigators identify the bomber. boston authorities say the bombs were made from pressure cookers and they believe a nylon backpack was holding the device. patients came in with wounds from small pellets and sharp nail-like objects. they're saving all of those pieces as evidence. they hope to get more information through crowd sourcing. investigator
called it an act of terrorism. >> obama: this was a heinous and cowardly act. given what we now know took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorist. any time bombs are used to bomb civilians it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however is who carried out this attack or why. >> michael: the president will visit boston on thursday and today investigators combed through the remains crawling on sidewalks, scraping up fragments, and looking for any signs of who...
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president obama expressed his thanks from the white house. >> we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all our outstanding law enforcement officials. >> the fbi marked captured and in boston scores of people gathered for a candle light vigil near the finish line of the marathon. in addition to motive, the authorities will also be looking to see if these two brothers were working alone or part of a larger group. we can tell you three additional arrests were made in new bedford, which is about a mile from where we are. reporting live in watertown, back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> well, the man hunt ended about 27 hours after the fbi released the suspects' photos. here's a closer look at how it all went down. >> the chaos began late last night, police called to a shooting on mit campus. university police officers sean collier was ambushed in his patrol car and killed. at 11:30 boston time, police say the brothers carjacked a man a few blocks away in cambridge. they told the driver they were the marathon bombers. a half hour later they release it had man unharmed at a gas station
president obama expressed his thanks from the white house. >> we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all our outstanding law enforcement officials. >> the fbi marked captured and in boston scores of people gathered for a candle light vigil near the finish line of the marathon. in addition to motive, the authorities will also be looking to see if these two brothers were working alone or part of a larger group. we can tell you three additional arrests were made in new bedford, which...
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[applause] rick: the president of the united states, barack obama, and as he has done before in fort hood, in tucson, arizona, in aurora, colorado, most recently in newtown, connecticut, coming to a community after a horrific event trying to bring comfort to those who are affected by that. an interfaith service honoring the victims of this past monday's terror attack at the boston marathon taking place at the city's that three drag of the holy cross. as we hear the closing prayer from cardinal sean o'malley of boston, local clergy including the cardinal, but local clergy from all major religions offering words of prayer and comfort and strength. the president offering a moving tribute to a city and its people saying that the spirit of boston, the spirit of the united states is undaunted and undimmed. he said that all americans stand with boston and that the people of boston will run again. he said bet on it, there will be a boston marathon next year. and the president said that whoever was responsible for the terror attack picked the wrong city to try and intimidate, that line toward
[applause] rick: the president of the united states, barack obama, and as he has done before in fort hood, in tucson, arizona, in aurora, colorado, most recently in newtown, connecticut, coming to a community after a horrific event trying to bring comfort to those who are affected by that. an interfaith service honoring the victims of this past monday's terror attack at the boston marathon taking place at the city's that three drag of the holy cross. as we hear the closing prayer from cardinal...
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president obama said now is the time to give scientists of all ages a shout out. >> obama: as a culture, we're great consumers of technology but we're not always properly respecting the people who are in the labs and, you know behind the scenes creating the stuff that we now take for granted. >> michael: the guy didn't even break a sweat. the white house is backing up that talk with the launch of a new ameri-corps program to promote science education. and earth day is the last day the state department will receive public comments on the proposed keystone xl pipeline. there's been a trove of misinformation about what the pipeline actually delivers, so get out a piece of paper and jot down these handy facts from "think progress" as you prepare your comments . . . make your voice heard by sending an email to the state department at keystone comments@state.gov. we also put a link to the state department's keystone page on our website, so email now or forever hold your peace. and don't worry if we were being too serious about earth day, because our own brett ehrlich isn't. just cam down, bre
president obama said now is the time to give scientists of all ages a shout out. >> obama: as a culture, we're great consumers of technology but we're not always properly respecting the people who are in the labs and, you know behind the scenes creating the stuff that we now take for granted. >> michael: the guy didn't even break a sweat. the white house is backing up that talk with the launch of a new ameri-corps program to promote science education. and earth day is the last day...
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interests will go up, like we saw in obama package in 2009, a big interest in homeownership, and it rolled back, you will see roll back win arrests g when in, and people paying a lot more, and cheap sale are gone. i would not say a crash but people have to be realistic, housing is not a good investment. last month there was a survey that americans thought were best classes were gold and housing, how has gold gone the last couple of weeks. melissa: that makes sense, so unlike the government to create another bubble some where. thank you, great ideas. >> all right, for today's fuel gauge report. carbon dioxide emissions in u.s. are at lowest levels since 1994, drop is attributed in large part to more electricity made with natural gas, 2005 co2 emissions have fallen 12%, an. an expected increase is due to more regulation implemented. because of environmental disasters. >> there are still 60 people missing in west, texas, after a massive explosion. at the west fertilizer plant wednesday night, 13 people were killed, including first responders, about 200 more injured. we do not want to forget t
interests will go up, like we saw in obama package in 2009, a big interest in homeownership, and it rolled back, you will see roll back win arrests g when in, and people paying a lot more, and cheap sale are gone. i would not say a crash but people have to be realistic, housing is not a good investment. last month there was a survey that americans thought were best classes were gold and housing, how has gold gone the last couple of weeks. melissa: that makes sense, so unlike the government to...
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some discussion that the blind sheik, whose picture is up on the screen now, might be freed by the obama administration, that president morsi in egypt that seemed to infuriate you some what and you wrote an article, "will obama free the blind sheik?" now if you think about this, in this case, if the death penalty is not sought, are you concerned that some president down the road could ignore the issue of a life sentence imposed by a federal judge and just send the terrorist off somewhere? >> on this guy, tsarnaev? >> right. >> no, i'm not concerned about that. he's very different from the sheik. concerned about that. a sheikh is a highly symbolic figure among muslims. he was and still is widely respected as a muslim scholar, and regarded as an authority. he's a big deal. this guy is a mutt. >> so you're not worried about that? >> no. >> finally the death penalty, if he is charged with those crimes that he clearly can be, he's eligible for the death penalty? >> absolutely. >> do you think that this >> do you think this just disat the present time -- justice department will seek it? >> i h
some discussion that the blind sheik, whose picture is up on the screen now, might be freed by the obama administration, that president morsi in egypt that seemed to infuriate you some what and you wrote an article, "will obama free the blind sheik?" now if you think about this, in this case, if the death penalty is not sought, are you concerned that some president down the road could ignore the issue of a life sentence imposed by a federal judge and just send the terrorist off...